Flexible straw hat



' M. KRAUT FLEXIBLE STRAW HAT Filed May 7. 1927 MAX KPAUT.

IN VEN TOR.

- ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

MAX KRAUT, OF NEW YORK,

N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEW ENGLAND ,P ANA MA EAT COM- PANY INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLEXIBLE s'rnAw HAT.

Application filed May 7, 1927. Serial No. 189,666.

The object of this invention is to provide a straw hat that is flexible. I

A further object of'this invention is to provide a straw hat wherethe inner portion of the brim and lower portion of crown are made flexible.

A further object of this invention is to provide a straw hat where the outer portion of the brim has the braid sewed in circular form and the inner portion of the brim has the braid sewed so that it is perpendicular to the circular braids.

A further object of this invention is to provide a straw hat where I absolutely and entirely eliminate sizing or stiffening proc-. esses-by the insertion of a straw braid on the inside-part of the brim as well as the base part of the crown in a perpendicular manner assuring perfect headform and absolute flexibility that circular straw braid sewing will not yield owing to its inherent nature.

With these and other objects in view, invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 represents a vertical sectional view of the hat taken on 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2, is a view taken from the the hat.

In the drawing the numeral 1, represents the outer brim made up of upper layer of straw brim 2, and lower layer'of straw brim 3, these layers are sewed together in the ordinary manner.

The hat also has the crown 4 sewed togetherin the ordinary manner. I

By the ordinary manner I mean that the braids of the straw hat are sewed in circular fashion. I

The hat is made flexible by inserting a connecting portion at. the bend of the hat containing a portion of the crown and a portion of the brim and constructed in a novel way.

The crown 4 and brim 1 are connected by means of a flexible brim portion constructed of two layers of straw braid, the outer layer 5 and the inner layer 6. Each layer, hasthe braids sewed together vertically;

The two layers are-connected together and sewed to the brim 1, between the upper and gether at 8.

the I bottom of lower layers 2 and 3. The connection to the crown is made only through the outer layer 5. The two layers 5 and 6 are sewed to- The upper layer straw tacmg one way, while the lower layer 6, the edges of the straw face the opposite way.

The hat is sited only at the crown and outer brim portlon. The insertion 5 and 6 1s not sized at all;

The hat is then blocked in the usual manner.'

' Wl lat I claim is:

1. A straw hatcomprising a crown and an outer brim portion having the braids sewed in a circular manner, a connecting flexlble portion having the braids sewed substantlally perpendicular to the circular braids and each braid overlapping the other throughout its length.

2. A straw hat comprising a crown and an outer brim portion having the braids sewed 1n a c1rcular manner, a connecting flexible portion consisting of two layers of braided straw wherein the braids are substantially perpend cular to the circular braids and each braid overlapping the other throughout its length. 1

3. A straw-hat comprising a crown and stantially perpendicular to the circular braids, the edging'of the connecting braids 5 has theedges of the an outer brim portion having the braidsare faced opposite to each other and each braid overlapping the other throughout its length. 7

LA straw hat comprising a crown and an outer brim portion having the braids sewed in a circular manner, a connecting flexible portion having the braids sewed substantially perpendicular to the circular braids and each braid overlapping the other throughout its length, and sizing applied only to top of crown and outer brim portion.

Signed at Brooklyn, N. Y., in the county of Kings and State of New York this 8th day of April A. D. 1927. v

' MAX KRAU'IL; 

